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Drug Facts

  • Many people wrongly imprisoned under conspiracy laws are women who did nothing more than pick up a phone and take a message for their spouse, boyfriend, child or neighbor.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • Prolonged use of cocaine can cause ulcers in the nostrils.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.

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